With this year's theme of “Listen Courageously – Cinematic Narratives in Times of Dissonance” Berlinale Talents extends an invitation to its audiences not only to visit the exciting programme, but to ...

“Wild, Weird, Bloody. German Genre Films of the 70s” is the topic of the 2025 Retrospective. In this interview, section head Rainer Rother and Annika Haupts, member of the selection committee and ...

A frozen mirage – observations from an island in the middle of the sea. Sea Series #7 is part of a larger project exploring the optical and mechanical possibilities of analog cinema and their ...

The 76th Berlin International Film Festival will take place from February 12 to 22, 2026. “After the great success of this year's anniversary edition, we are now starting to plan for 2026. We look ...

The Berlinale is a unique place of artistic exploration and entertainment. It is one of the largest public film festivals in the world, attracting tens of thousands of visitors from around the globe ...

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An apartment building in Kuala Lumpur that houses migrants. Hanh secretly meets with a girl who shares her ice cream with her. A familiar routine. Later, Hanh looks after a different girl, who is ...

Two creatures lie in a meadow in the land of Vita Lakamaya. The camera pans very slowly, exploring the ground and the world. There is a buzzing in the air. Something is different. The seemingly naïve ...

The Berlinale website is the first place to go for live images of the festival. All Press Conferences and Photo Calls, the Opening and the Awards Ceremony, and all the buzz surrounding the Red Carpet ...

The boys are rehearsing a dance for their traditional initiation ceremony into adulthood; their teacher instructs them. A girl observes the scene but is not allowed to join in. When one of the boys ...